主 (zyu2 | zhu3 zhu4) : master, chief, leader

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主

zyu2

zhu3 zhu4

[1] [n] master, chief; leader; owner [2] [n] host [3] [n] main aim; goal [4] Jesus Christ; God; Lord [5] [v] officiate at; preside over; take charge of; direct; head [6] [v] control; determine [7] main; chief; primary; principal

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 丶 (#3)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

主

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 22:26

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主人 zyu2 jan4 zhu3 ren2 = master

民主 man4 zyu2 min2 zhu3 = democracy

公主 gung1 zyu2 gong1 zhu3 = princess

主意 zyu2 ji3 zhu3 yi5 = an idea

賣主 maai6 zyu2 mai4 zhu3 = a seller

主動 zyu2 dung6 zhu3 dong4 = initiative

主角 zyu2 gok3 zhu3 jue2 = lead actor; the main people

主義 zyu2 ji6 zhu3 yi4 = idea; ideology; -ism

殖民主義 zik6 man4 zyu2 ji6 zhi2 min2 zhu3 yi4 = colonialism

社會主義 se5 wui6*2 zyu2 ji6 she4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 = socialism
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你要主動啲。粵
You need to be more proactive (i.e. take the initiative more often).

園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also, and treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty. (Luke 20:11)

究竟佢喺度打咩鬼主意？
What's evil plan is he actually executing?

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 主
Unicode code for this character: U+4E3B (off-site link)

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